Re: Sad news - helminth hormesis

[garyi@trinityphysics.com]

Bill,



I'm totally guessing, so let me know if I'm way off:

The article says that ingesting a few bacteria stimulates your immune system?



If that's the nature of the article, then they would seem to be using hormesis to argue 

against irradiating food.  That would be pretty ironic.





On 4 Mar 2003 at 17:00, epirad@mchsi.com wrote:



Dr. Cohen,



There are a growing group of scientists that believe that irradiation of meat 

may actually reduce immune function.  



For example, see:



The possible link between de-worming and the emergence of immunological 

disease,Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, Volume 139, Issue 6, 

Pages 334-338 (June 2002)Joel V. Weinstock, Robert W. Summers, David E. 

Elliott, Khurram Qadir, Joseph F. Urban, Jr  and Robin Thompson



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